Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Political Science
2020/2021
António Valentim
Undergraduate seminar
Readings from Underrepresented groups
Course Description
Climate change and the environment are becoming central topics for politics and societies in many countries. This course introduces students to the politics surrounding the environment, with a focus on political behavior, party politics and policy-making. It will provide an overview of the main debates on the environment within political science, also integrating research from economics. The focus will be - but is not limited to – established democracies in the Global North and quantitative empirical research.